Paul’s Negotiation of Abraham in Galatians 3 in the Jewish Context : : The Galatian Converts — Lineal Descendants of Abraham and Heirs of the Promise / / Per Jarle Bekken.

This work offers a fresh reading of Paul’s appropriation of Abraham in Gal 3:6–29 against the background of Jewish data, especially drawn from the writings of Philo of Alexandria. Philo’s negotiation on Abraham as the model proselyte and the founder of the Jewish nation based on his trust in God...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft , 248
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Physical Description:1 online resource (X, 316 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Part One: Philo’s Appropriation of Abraham in De Virtutibus and De Abrahamo
  • Chapter 2: Abraham as Foundational Model for Proselytes and the Jewish Nation
  • Chapter 3: Abraham’s Trust and God’s Oath of Promise: De Abrahamo 262– 273 in Context
  • Chapter 4: Philo’s Negotation of Abraham between the Divine Law in Nature and the Law of Moses
  • Part Two: Paul’s Appropriation of Abraham in Galatians 3:6–29 in the Jewish Context
  • Chapter 5: The Appropriation of Abraham in Galatians 3:6–29
  • Chapter 6: Final Summary of the Study
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Ancient Sources
  • Index of Modern Authors